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One of the most brilliant and exceptionally renowned veterans of all time in Hollywood, Tom Hanks has left no stone unturned in giving his best-ever performance throughout his career. He has brought some of the most legendary characters to life and has also passed on some other super-famous characters as well.
This includes the character of Jerry Maguire in the 1996 melodramaJerry Maguire, which later went on to fellow name sharer Tom Cruise instead. However, even though Cruise earned his first-ever Oscar nod for Best Actor through that, Tom Hanks doesn’t regret giving up on the role. In fact, if anything, Hanks is even glad he let it go for a strangely understandable reason!
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Tom Hanks Is Glad He Passed DownJerry MaguireTo Tom Cruise
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Jerry Maguirewas one of the biggest superhits of the year 1996, and Tom Cruise’s Oscar nomination for Best Actor justifies that. However, that role wasn’t initially created keeping theMission: Impossibleactor in mind.
Rather, writer/director Cameron Crowe had his eyes onForrest Gumpactor,Tom Hanks, right from the beginning. And despite liking the script for the film very much, Hanks had no option but to turn the film down because he was busy directingThat Thing You Do. Thus, it was passed on to Cruise, who was kept as a backup right from the start.
But that doesn’t mean Hanks regrets it. Years after the release of the film, theCast Awaystar shared how he is ‘glad’ to have turned down the role because ‘he would have ruined a brilliant film’, as perContactmusic.com.
“I think you look at it now and it couldn’t have been anybody other than Tom Cruise,”Hanks said.“It’s the way the movie’s operated. I don’t think anybody would look at that now and say, ‘That movie was not perfect.'”
However, Tom Hanks wasn’t the only actor who was tempted by such a fine script — Hugh Grant fell into the same trap as well!
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Hugh Grant’s Hilarious Reaction To Having Received The Script ForJerry Maguire
As it turns out, after Tom Hanks, it wasHugh Grant‘s chance to be enthralled by such a brilliant script. But Grant’s reaction was more hilariously sarcastic than understandable.
“I do remember them sending me the script for Jerry Maguire and I rang up my agent and said, ‘There must be some mistake because you sent me a good script,'”Grant recalled.
As the series of truly unfortunate events would have it for theNotting Hillstar, the script forJerry Maguirewas, in fact, sent to him by mistake and was intended to be sent to Tom Cruise instead.
“They said, ‘Sorry, there has been a mistake. It was meant for Tom Cruise.'”
Nonetheless, after making rounds between some of the greatest actors of all time, Jerry Maguire’s role finally landed inTom Cruise‘s lap, who did a spectacular job at portraying him — to the point where it won him his first Oscar nomination!
Mahin Sultan
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Mahin Sultan is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, where she brings a fresh perspective to entertainment news. Having been in the field for over 3 years now, she has already written more than 2,000 articles across a variety of niches, from entertainment to health and fashion. This diverse experience has allowed her to quickly build a solid foundation and a deep understanding of the industry.
